Domains Defined

One of the most essential prerequisites for running a successful Internet presence is the domain. It is what people will notice first when they chance upon your website and what they will link you with. The domain should be easy to memorize, but should also be something that tells your website's visitors what the web site is about.

Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)

A domain traditionally consists of two components - a Top-Level Domain Name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If you have domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain Name. There are a couple of sets of Top-Level Domains that you should consider before you select the domain you wish. Your decision should depend on the purpose of your web site and on its target audience. Let's explore the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domain Names - these are the most widespread Top-Level Domain Names aimed to denote a specific purpose - .com (business enterprises), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (firms), .info (informative sites), .org (organizations), .mobi (handheld devices), .asia (the Asia Pacific), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (certain professions), and so on. As you can perceive, these Top-Level Domains encompass most realms of life, so you should settle on the one that would signify the intention of your web page best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domains, but some of them include extra procedures to demonstrate that you qualify to have such a Top-Level Domain Name (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domain Names, are country-specific Top-Level Domains. Each country has its own ccTLD. Picking such a domain is good if your target group of site visitors is from a specific country. Many individuals would elect to buy commodities or services from a local web site, and if your goal is Canada, for example, getting a .ca domain could increase the visits to your web page.

Domain Redirection

You can register different Top-Level Domains, which can forward your visitors to a certain web page such as domain.com, for example. This would increase the traffic and lower the chance of someone pinching your web site visitors by registering the same SLD with a different TLD - if you are not using a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Each and every Top-Level Domain Name has domain records. The name server records (NS records, also known as DNS records) disclose where the domain is hosted, i.e. they point to the hosting provider whose name servers (NSs, a.k.a. DNSs) it is using at present. You can substitute the name servers of your domain name whenever you want. You can have your domain name registered with one company and get the web hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain and discover good website hosting plans someplace else at a later time, you can point your domain to the present provider's DNSs straight off.

Domain Server Records (DNS Records)

In general, as long as your domain utilizes a given set of name servers, all its records will point to the same website hosting distributor. Some web hosting firms, however, enable you to edit given records, such as the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which details on which server your site is located, whereas the MX records specify which web hosting server tackles the mail accounts associated with your domain name. For instance, if you take on a new web designer and he designs an .ASP web page that will be situated on his own Windows server, you may want to edit solely the Internet Protocol address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain. In this way, www.domain.com will direct to the Windows server, but your email mailbox accounts or any sub-domains such as forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your present Linux hosting account. The .ASP environment is designed by Microsoft and demands a Windows web server, even though a Linux hosting server would be far more reliable.

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